Classroom Top Four – #1 Course Evaluations
April 13, 2017, 12:00 amThis is the first in a series of four posts that describes my favorite things that I’ve done in the classroom to improve my teaching. This post was cross-posted on my photo 180 blog.
1. Course Evaluations
Have you ever tried to swim in a lap pool with your eyes closed? How long were you able...
Workflow: Processing -> Fiji -> 3D Print
December 6, 2016, 12:00 amThis is an extension off a previous workflow series featuring Processing and Fiji.
This 3D print has slices that represent a (linear) trip in the Julia Set from 0+0i to 0.32+0.64i. I wrote a Processing program to create the 400 Julia slices and then Fiji stitched the 2d images t...
Play with Math
October 17, 2016, 12:00 amLearning ∩ Play ∩ Math ∩ Art
The connection between learning math and playing with math has been on my mind lately. Another connection that I’ve been thinking about is the interplay between math and art. This morning I decided to merge these two thoughts. I originally tweeted under the hashtag #pl...
Workflow: Desmos -> Selva3d -> 3D Printer (in 5 minutes!)
September 21, 2016, 12:00 amWorkflow: Desmos -> Inkscape -> Laser Cutter
September 8, 2016, 12:00 amIf you had a friend taking this class next year, what advice would you give them?
September 8, 2016, 12:00 amI asked the above question, If you had a friend taking this class next year, what advice would you give them?, to the outgoing PreCalculus H group last year. I’m giving the incoming PreCalculus H their responses. Here’s a link to all the responses, and here are some of the absolute jewels. (No e...
Workflow: Desmos -> Processing -> Fiji -> 3D Print
July 8, 2016, 12:00 amNote: this post is a more advanced version of the previous post and uses slightly different software. All this software is free and open-source.
In this post I’m going to outline how to use a workflow to go from a desmos sketch to a processing sketch to Fiji to a 3D file. The basic idea of...
Workflow: Daily Desmos -> Desmos -> Madeup -> 3D Print
June 13, 2016, 12:00 amThe seniors don’t go to school on the last day, so I had calculus class on Friday with one student (a junior). We went down to the innovations lab to create things. Here’s what we worked on:
Took this sketch from dailydesmos:
I had the student work on the solution after talking about superell...
Thoughts on the Intersection of Math and Programming
June 13, 2016, 12:00 amI’ve been interested in the intersection between Math and Programming ever since I taught my first programming course 12 years ago (call it coding, CS, whatever you’d like). I think I’m finally starting to figure it out. Maybe. I was prodded by Dan Meyer and Julia Tsygan to think more in detail abou...
What to do post AP/IB exam?
May 1, 2016, 12:00 amWith the IB exams coming up soon, I’ve started to put more thought into what we should do after the exams (we’ll have 8 blocks or so). For the past three years we did free-form math projects and last year they even wrote up great blog posts about their projects. But due to less time left (we used...